When the roll is call up yonder

When the trumpet of the lord shall sound, and time shall be no more,
and the morning breaks, eternal, bright, and fair;
when the saved of earth shall gather over on the other shore,
and the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.

chorus:
when the roll is called up yonder, when the roll is called up yonder
when the roll is called up yonder, when the roll is called up yonder,
I'll be there

on that bright and cloudless morning when the dead in christ shall rise,
and the glory of his resurrection shared;
when his chosen ones shall gather to their home beyond the skies,
and the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.

chorus:
when the roll is called up yonder, when the roll is called up yonder
when the roll is called up yonder, when the roll is called up yonder,
I'll be there

let us labor for the master from the dawn til setting sun;
let us talk to all his wondrous love and care.
then when all of life is over, and our work on earth is done,
and the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there.

chorus:
when the roll is called up yonder, when the roll is called up yonder
when the roll is called up yonder, when the roll is called up yonder,
I'll be there
 
 

words and music; james m. black, 1892

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